Arizona Supreme Court hears Mesa tattoo case

The Arizona Supreme Court is deliberating whether the First Amendment rights of tattoo artists trump a city's right to regulate them under zoning codes.

The issue played out Tuesday morning as the five justices heard arguments in the case of Ryan and Laetitia Coleman, who in March 2009 were denied permission to open a tattoo parlor in Mesa's Dobson Ranch area.

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The Evolution of Tattoo Art

While it's not entirely known what spurred early man to tattoo their bodies, we do know that the proof of tattoos dates way back to frozen tribesmen and ancient mummies. Mankind has always seemed to have some need, or love, of the tattoo art form.

Many cultures throughout the ages have used hand-poked tattoo techniques for their religious and tribal beliefs. Certain tribes in Somoa and Borneo use tattooing as a rite of passage for the individual to this day, honoring all of the ceremony and tools of their history. In Japan, a few master tattooers still use tools whose conception is nearly as old as the myths and legends of the stories and characters they portray on the skin of their clients old and young. Both of these ancient styles are even being handed down and used by a few of the newer generation of tattooist today.

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Cops challenge Tattoo cover up rule

Tasmanian police are preparing to challenge their department over dress and appearance regulations.

Police have to get the Commissioner's permission to have their tattoos visible to the public.

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Tattoo competition to include local artist

A Sneads Ferry tattoo artist will be among 10 tattoo artists from across the country participating in a new competition reality series.

Christina “Charlie” Petty is one of the competitors on “Best Ink,” which makes its debut Tuesday on the Oxygen Channel.

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Nokia patents vibrating tattoos

Imagine not being able to separate yourself from your mobile phone. Literally.

Cellphone-maker Nokia now owns a patent for a tattoo capable of stimulating someone when they receive a call or text, reports Tech News World. It’s not yet known if Nokia is actively working on developing this technology, but the patent proves that corporations are looking to create more than the next faster, aesthetically pleasing device.

Such a "tattoo" would be more of a skin graft. Its material would be “capable of detecting a magnetic field and transferring a perceivable stimulus to the skin,” according to TNW. The question is: Are people willing to permanently attach themselves to their phones, even if it makes communication more convenient?

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Wilmington tattoo shop shuttered by Delaware health division

State officials are warning anyone who may have been tattooed or pierced at the 2nd Look Ink shop to get tested for hepatitis and HIV.

The Delaware Division of Public Health says the shop on West 4th Street was operating without a permit and violated regulations under Title 16 of the Delaware Code.  They learned about the illegal operation after a customer of the shop reported it to the state after getting a tattoo there

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Tattoo you? Beware the Dangers

Did The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo request a new sterile needle and individual packets of ink when she got her elaborate body art? As the debate rages on, whether tattoos and body piercings are vehicles of self-expression or body mutilation, body art is on the rise. And chances are, not everyone is practicing safe tattoo.

According to a 2010 Pew Research survey 38 percent of millennials (that’s the term demographers like to use to – loosely — refer to those born between 1980 and 2000) has a tattoo, and for most, one is not enough.

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